Editors: ASplashofMusic, Katie_WanderingFujoshi
Ever since I had recovered my memories as Allen, visiting everyone’s graves in Tobol had been my goal. Although I felt like a burden was finally relieved from my shoulders now that I’d achieved that goal, loneliness and dissatisfaction also strangely welled up inside me… It was kind of complicated. Yeah.
We immediately departed from Tobol, but our travel back was at an awfully slow pace. That made me even more conflicted.
To be honest, Riley could have casted his teleportation magic. Then we would have been at Tobol village in an instant. It was a handy magic that instantly transported someone to a place that the caster had been before. However, Riley didn’t use it, opting to travel to Tobol with me on horseback. And I was very grateful to him for it.
If I had fulfilled my life’s goal in just a matter of seconds, it would have given me mixed feelings. There wasn’t any sense of satisfaction that way. Riley probably thought so as well. Hence our lengthy travel on horseback and occasionally on foot.
Though I wouldn’t mind if we were to use teleportation magic for our return trip. It was cheaper, faster, and safer. So… wouldn’t it be better to use it?
If I said that to Riley, he likely wouldn’t be against it. And we’d be back home in the blink of an eye.
The problem was what would happen after that.
How would we live after returning to the royal capital?
Riley was the hero, while I was merely the second son of a tavern owner. An eagle soaring through the sky, and a worm crawling on the ground. When solely considering this aspect, we didn’t seem like a fitting pair. Our social statuses were so far apart that I could write paragraphs of metaphors to describe this vast distance. Every time the thought of Riley’s accomplishments and resulting prestige crossed my mind, slight sadness stabbed at my heart.
Not to mention, we were both men. And in the royal capital, homosexuality was taboo.
We probably wouldn’t be sent to prison for it. But people would surely talk about us behind our back.
I personally didn’t care if they pointed their fingers at us. My main concern was its effect on my family. Although my father told me to follow my heart, reality wasn’t that simple.
I wanted some time to think about our plans for the future. And this was the perfect time to do so.
Turning to Riley, I asked, “Hey, what do you plan on doing?”
He cocked his head.“What do you mean?”
“Where will you live? How will you spend your days?”
“I’m okay with anything as long as I’m with Ilya.”
…Yeah. I knew he would say that. And no, I wasn’t being conceited.
He had chosen to live in my house throughout his entire stay in the capital. Then, during our trip to Tobol, he was always attached to me. After I was kidnapped by those demons, he became even stickier, stubbornly never leaving my side at all.
Whenever we were on foot or on horseback, he would always be within a mere arm’s distance from me. Always close enough to reach for my hand. And whenever we went to bed, it was basically custom for me to be wrapped in his embrace.
He even gifted me a talisman. I was given no right to refuse it since Riley immediately tied it around my wrist. The talisman was a braided bracelet that was cool to the touch, made from golden fine thread.
Every time I inspected its color, a sense of familiarity washed over me. Like I had seen it before. I also get the same feeling every time my fingers brush against it. But I believed it was better to not touch upon that topic. Yeah.
Well, I was also okay with anything as long as I was with him. His gender and status, him being a man and a hero didn’t matter. I’d be fine, since it was Riley.
…However, such naive thoughts wouldn’t do once we were back at the royal capital.
“ places a burden on the receiver. After we became one, I couldn’t ride a horse for a while. Also, I want to sleep at an inn tonight.”
Riley nodded in understanding. “Okay.”
What a relief. He understood… But I didn’t have time to even finish that thought.
My line of sight suddenly distorted. A familiar weightlessness washed over my body, and the unwelcome onset of motion sickness made my feet unsteady… Ah, teleportation magic… Probably to an inn.
Damn it! How could he misunderstand so easily?! I knew he was this type of unreasonable guy!
\nThe moment he whispered that, hot fluid filled me up. As if influenced by him, I also released my passion as I clung to his neck. I combed my fingers through his sandy hair before kissing his thin lips.
As his cock still spewed out come in gushing waves, I exhaled a sickly-sweet sigh.
We hugged each other tight for a while, soaking in the afterglow of our joining. I felt like my heart was warm and replete. It was quite strange.
As Riley kissed me, I chuckled. Seeing that, his eyebrows furrowed in puzzlement.
Half happiness and half belligerence. His expression was so cute. I couldn’t help but muss up his hair.
This guy was really too adorable.
He must have been feeling anxious. That’s why he suddenly requested to connect with me.
I had asked about his future plans just now, so maybe he wanted to set that aside and bask in our relationship.
The talisman twined around my wrist and the hickeys on my neck were signs of his attachment.
Also, he made a lot of love bites… Maybe he always wanted to do that?
I laughed, still ruffling his hair. “You’re really stupid. There’s no way I’ll let you go. Understand?”
Riley flashed me a slight smile in response, looking bashful. The sight caused my chest to tighten and my heart to pound.
In an attempt to conceal my rapidly beating heart from him, I leaned my head into him and laughed, exposing all of the marks he left on me.
“If you want to leave marks on me, you can do it as much as you want,” I said.
Following that, I smiled and held out my hands. Riley’s response was to bring me into his embrace once again.
Ilya went ahead to ride the hero~ What a wild boy~